Customer Reviews

Coby CX-9 Mini Digital AM/FM Pocket Radio with Neck Strap, Black

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

I am very impressed with this little radio. ...For the same money I could only get a bulky analog radio at [competitor]. This one has true digital tuning and not just auto scan. The digital readout is nice looking and easy to read and even comes with a light. 10 presets are cool but I wish it only had 4. To change from preset 2 to preset 1 you need to scroll through all 10 presets. But overall ...this is an EXCELLENT radio. I get great reception for all the major radio stations I listen to in my city. It even came with earphones!

This thing looks good, but does not receive FM stations at all. I have a small device can broadcast FM radio in my home, but even I put this radio besides the broadcasting device, it can barely receive the FM signal. It can receive AM, the quality of sound is not good. I am returning it.

I searched all over to find a cool little am radio. I take it to take to the Yankee games so I can listen to the commentator. This radio has great reception and is very easy to program presets. I'm impressed that it was so inexpensive.

Good sound and works decent enough. Price is definitely it's best feature. The neck strap will keep the earphones from breaking prematurely. Plenty of preset channels so u don't have to worry about using the tuner to get to a channel manually. A downside is u can't control the reception, so whatever u hear on the station, that's what u get. It's best reception is with the big radio stations. Battery life seems to be good. I'd recommend this product since even the more expensive ones seem to breakdown just as easily as the cheaper ones.

This is obviously not going to give you great fidelity or longevity. I use it to run (in St. Louis) and have found excellent reception. The key to me is its small size. I love this radio and have bought 3. Sure, they've broken after about a year of use, probably due to salt in the electronics, but I keep going back because I'm not going to pay $50 for something I'll probably break in a similar fashion.

Oh, man. I bought mine at a massive discount and it was still too much. Build quality is poor, most notably the flimsy door on the battery case, and reception in both bands is abominable. As an alternative, consider buying one of the excellent and slightly cheaper manual-tuning pocket radios from Sony or Panasonic. If you're willing to pay about $10 more, you can get a vastly better Sony digital-tuning radio with additional TV and weather bands (available from Target, no less.) Just thought I'd save you the trouble of buying this thing.

For an inexpensive item, it does what it is supposed to do. I particularly ordered it because of the neck strap and it works. However I had to substitute a different pair of ear phones as I couldn't get the included ones in my ear, too big.

I just receive this radio today. Yet it is totally useless. I cant hear anything from this poor radio. It just keeps scaning and repeats over and over. It does not receive any station at all. It is even worse than my $3 mini radio bought in walgreen. What s bad radio. Avoid this item.

I used it for a church choir rehearsal and it was a bit difficult to keep the dial in the right station; but it did the job.

I have used this radio for several years. It's my companion on my daily walks and keeps me from being bored. Reception is very good outside; in my gym, it's tough because of the steel construction of the building.

The one I just ordered is a gift for a daughter who tried mine and liked it.

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